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Reply to Another 'Thank You' Post in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'm no computer programmer (though I envy those who are) but I can relate to Brad in a way. I do ad design and page layout at a local newspaper and I can totally sympathize. As an ad designer, you hear more about what a client doesn't like than if they do like something. Over the past six years, I can count on one hand how many people have bothered to contact me personally and thank me for a job well done. Fortunately, I have a pretty thick skin thanks to working retail for fifteen y

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Another fan! Thanks SanChonino. Glad you are enjoying it. :) * * * * * * [font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"][size="3"]Secrets Revealed[/size] (2 of 2)[/font] “That looks like the old United Nations insignia,” Ramirez said. Rhona nodded. “It appears so, sir. Though it’s obviously been modified somewhat.” The emblem was similar to the one used in the mid-twenty first century, composed of a flattened projection of Earth enclosed by two

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

[font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"][size="3"]Secrets Revealed[/size][/font] [font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"](1 of 2)[/font] [size="2"][font="Impact"]2219.3.29 Ship log entry Rafael Ramirez Commanding Officer USS [i]Ganymede[/i] Day 544[/font][/size] [font="courier new,courier,mono"] [size="2"][color="#808000"]We’ve been in Chiron high orbit for nearly twenty-four hours. Cartography and Signals have just completed mapping the planet.

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks pndrev. Glad you are enjoying it. :) * * * * * * * [size="3"][font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"]Waiting Game[/font][/size] (2 of 2) The room soon quieted and, as if on cue, Ramirez’s terminal began to chime. They had finally received Command’s response to his initial report. In an instant, faces became stoic and the atmosphere in room became one of cool professionalism. Ramirez touched a few buttons on his desk keypad and his terminal began to

Reply to THEY DISSED US! in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

(Opinion begins here) SEV is great if you like playing with a spreadsheets. But, hey, there are some guys out there who like that. I think they are a bit of a niche, though. So GalCiv simply may not be their cup of tea. No game will ever be all things to all people. I find GalCiv2 to be a perfect balance...not too complex but never a cakewalk either. It oozes with that "just one more turn" factor...the mark of the best 4X games.

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

[size="3"][font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"]Waiting Game[/font][/size] (1 of 2) [B]Three and a half hours later[/B] Ramirez sipped his third tepid cup of coffee as he and the six other members of the command staff waited in his quarters for Command’s reply transmission to arrive. He paced, lost in thought while the rest sat silently in soft chairs scattered around the room. The air was filled with a excited, nervous tension, each officer pondering what decisions

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

[font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"][size="3"]Command Presence[/size][/font] Onto the bustling research bridge walked [i]Ganymede[/i]’s commander Rafael Ramirez, tall and thin with dark eyes and the close cropped hair of a military man. He was a rare visitor to this area of the ship. Preferring to remain on the lower deck command bridge to give the scientists as much breathing room as possible to perform their tasks, he now found himself unable to resist observing the research

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

[font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"][b][size="3"]Chapter Two[/size][/b][/font] [font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"][size="2"]A New World[/size][/font] Bit by bit, human history continued to be rewritten as the [i]Ganymede[/i]'s sensitive sensor package reached out and embraced Chiron. Koushik's accidental discovery of what was now believed to be evidence left behind from an apparent [i]Unity[/i] reactor overload was the spark that had set off maniac activity aboard

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

[size="3"][font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"]Insomnia & Discovery[/font][/size] Koushik couldn't sleep. Dr. McKibben was right, of course. He desperately needed the rest. He had been awake and working for nearly thirty hours now and he needed to allow his body to take control of his mind instead of the opposite. After entering his spartan quarters, he sat on his sleeping cot for a few minutes staring at the floor. His mind continued running experiments, forming questions, sorti

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

[size="3"][font="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif"]Overachiever[/font][/size] Hypothesis, research, discovery, breakthroughs, truth; the intricate beauty of the scientific method; extrapolation and experimentation - concepts that flowed through Dr. Koushik Mitra's being (soul, if he believed in such a thing). As sure and corporal as the blood that ran through his veins. Unlike some of his contemporaries, Koushik did not strive to discover the scientific portal that led to immortality

Reply to Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

[font="Impact"][size="3"]2219.3.26 Personal log entry Callum F. Cook Assistant Signals Officer Research Vessel [i]Ganymede[/i] Day 541[/size][/font] [font="courier new,courier,mono"]After nearly sixteen months on this drum, we should finally catch our first scans of the Alpha Centauri system tomorrow. Despite what scientists back home preach to the Committee, I remain skeptical of our finding anything of significance out here. Our xeno biologists and cartologists sti

Alpha Centauri: Rediscovering the Past in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

I plan for this to be an AAR narrative utilizing the seven factions of the great strategy game [i]Alpha Centauri[/i] by Sid Meiers. I have begun writing a back story because [i]Twilight[/i] is still in beta. I will either use the planned Alpha Centauri mod for Twilight or my own custom races to (hopefully) continue the story. Hope you all enjoy it. [i]The story:[/i] <span style="font-f

Reply to Big announcement coming Monday in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

The PC game industry is about to change... because Brad is about to announce that he is actually my biological father. I'M IN THE WILL, SUCKERS! :CONGRAT:

Reply to Where has the AAR forum disappeared to? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It disappeared... INTO MY PANTS, SAVAGES!

Reply to "Custom Opponents" greyed out in Beta 5 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

NEVER MIND! (I am an idiot). I found the custom race selection they were talking about on the race selection screen. I was looking at the one on the OPPONENT screen (which is greyed out). Sorry!

Reply to "Custom Opponents" greyed out in Beta 5 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry, I meant to say the "Create Custom opponent" button is greyed out.

"Custom Opponents" greyed out in Beta 5 in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Downloaded the beta 5 update with no problems, navigated to the race selection screen to create some custom races but my "custom opponents" button is greyed out and unselectable. Release info says ability to create custom races is in. Any ideas?

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor Beta 5 in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I just slapped my grandmother! Finally CUSTOM RACES ARE BACK IN! Thank you, thank you! Weekend will be fun after all!

Reply to Twilight of the Arnor + Custom races? in Games in Development GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, there will be customs in the final. The betas, so far, haven't enabled this feature yet.

Reply to Music "issues" in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Well, it's not that big a deal. There are always way around it until (if) it gets fixed. I did decide to delete GC2 and all the add-ons and re-download them but the issue is still there so its something beyond my control.

Music "issues" in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't bothered to post this because I felt it so trivial, but I recently decided "what the heck" :) I have all custom music...game, events...everything. Recently, I've noticed my music not "switching back". For example, say I'm talking to the Torians. My Torian theme music kicks in and plays. But when I click 'done' and the trade screen goes away, the Torian music continues playing instead of kicking over to the "game" music. Then the only time it changes is when I talk to anot

Reply to GalTrek™: The Galaxy and The Prometheus in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

*PPPPFFFTTTTTTH* (spits liquid beverage out in complete shock) Spleeze! Dammit, man, after a year I still want these ships! :LOL: Welcome back (again). :CONGRAT:

Reply to Alpha Centauri For GC2: TA in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, I'm here...watching the progression with great enthusiasm. :D I must admit, I was also beginning to prepare my own SMAC races update (the original seven) when TA officially gets released, but after browsing the thread and seeing how much more depth this mod could offer, I've put it on hold. Like SteelMeister, my abilities are limited to graphics and XML editing. This mod could be something really cool...with TA's upcoming editors...man, this could really be sweet. I'd l

Reply to Race Creation in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I'd like to jump in and add to Orca777's list of wishes for custom races of the future by adding the following: *) The ability for your custom race(s) to select 'natural dislike' for some other race, whether custom or non-custom...like the Torians & Drengins claim to have. I know you can kinda manipulate that with "Pacifist...Aggressive" settings but I'd like to be able to make, say, two neutrals have a deep-seated mistrust of one another - so deep they would never in a million years f

Reply to Classic movie moments in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Sean Conney as Malone in [i]The Untouchables[/i] had some great lines. (Malone to Elliot Ness in the church): "You wanna know how to get Capone? He pulls out a knife, you pull out a gun. He sends one of your guys to the hospital, you send one of his to the [i]morgue![/i]. THAT'S the CHICAGO way! Now....can you do that? Are you [i]ready[/i] to do that?" But I think [i]Jaws[/i] had one of the most memorable to me. I'm talking about Quint's USS Indianapolis story. Every